Where To Get A Prescription For Fluids

[Guest suenotto]

I did not title my prior thread correctly and as a result the responses were not that helpful.

 

Currently I am paying a lot for a bag of fluids from my vet which I need 1000 ml a week for the rest of my dog's life, which I hope is a good long time!

 

The hospital my vet works at does not deal with online pharmacies. If she is unable to write me a script,

is there some way to obtain fluids without a script (often you can obtain medications etc intended for livestock without a prescription, but I don't know if that's the case for fluids or not) or is there a greyhound vet on greytalk who I can discuss my dog's case with in order to get a script..

 

Getting the prescription is the problem., or finding a place that sells without a prescription.

 

 

[ahicks51]

In some states, it's law the vet must be willing to cut a script for a medication they prescribe- it's an ethics violation if they won't.

 

http://members.verizon.net/~vze2r6qt/supplies/legal.htm

 

I'm sure these vets would howl with protest if they had to buy parts for their car from the dealer, too.

[greyhead]

I never needed a rx for fluids or drip lines, only for needles. Here is a link to a site that lists places from which these supplies can be obtained relatively inexpensively. Hope it helps.

http://www.felinecrf.org/obtaining_supplie....htm#fluids_usa

 

ETA: I should have said: can be btained cheaply and without a prescription!

Edited December 2, 2009 by greyhead